Beijing Normal University (BNU), founded in 1902, is one of the
universities that receive key supports from the state in Beijing. In
recent years, with the support of the “211 projects” and “985 projects”,
BNU has entered a new stage of development and has made remarkable
progress in the areas of subject development, talents training, faculty
construction, and scientific research and so on. This has been the
foundation for BNU to become a comprehensive university with special
characteristics and world-renowned research.

Now, BNU has 2100 full time faculty members and more than 23800
full-time students, including over 9200 undergraduate students, 12800
graduate students and around 1714 long-term international students. It
includes 1 Faculty, 23 Colleges and Schools, 2 Departments and 37
Institutes.

BNU ranks among the top universities in China. Signing an agreement
with Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Government, BNU became
the 10th university on the list to get special support from the Chinese
Government, aiming to be a world prestigious university. Now, it has 108
doctoral degree programs, 153 master degree programs, 60 bachelor
degree programs and 25 post-doctoral programs. Beijing Normal University
had 16 national key disciplines, including 5 general disciplines and 11
specialized disciplines. Education, Psychology, Chinese History,
Geography and Ecology – ranked first in China. And 17 disciplines rank
top10 in China.

BNU has cooperative agreements with 300 institutions from over 30
countries. There are over 50 student exchange partners in Asia, Europe
and North America. There are joint establishment of Confucius Institutes
with five universities and colleges: the University of Manchester of
UK,San Francisco State University in US, the University of Oklahomain
USA, University de Sherbrooke & Dawson College of Canada, Aalborg
University, Denmark, University of Macerata, (Italy) and the College of
William and Mary (US).

BNU has started to recruit international students since 1965; and it
has accumulated abundant experience in Chinese language program and
other major-related subjects for foreigners. Now, there are around 2000
students from 110 countries studying in BNU, 73% of which are for degree
study. BNU set up English-taught International Master degree programs
in 7 majors: social policy, comparative education, world economy,
environmental science, high education, law, geography, 1 English-taught
International Doctoral degree programs in 1 majors: comparative
education, English-taught credit-course programs for non-degree study
students. BNU sincerely wishes to communicate with international
students from all over the world, and looks forward to enhancing the
friendship with other countries through academic cooperation.

Introduction:

Beijing Normal University (BNU), founded in 1902, is one of the
universities that receive key supports from the state in Beijing. In
recent years, with the support of the “211 projects” and “985 projects”,
BNU has entered a new stage of development and has made remarkable
progress in the areas of subject development, talents training, faculty
construction, and scientific research and so on. This has been the
foundation for BNU to become a comprehensive university with special
characteristics and world-renowned research.

Now, BNU has 2100 full time faculty members and more than 23800
full-time students, including over 9200 undergraduate students, 12800
graduate students and around 1714 long-term international students. It
includes 1 Faculty, 23 Colleges and Schools, 2 Departments and 37
Institutes.

BNU ranks among the top universities in China. Signing an agreement
with Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Government, BNU became
the 10th university on the list to get special support from the Chinese
Government, aiming to be a world prestigious university. Now, it has 108
doctoral degree programs, 153 master degree programs, 60 bachelor
degree programs and 25 post-doctoral programs. Beijing Normal University
had 16 national key disciplines, including 5 general disciplines and 11
specialized disciplines. Education, Psychology, Chinese History,
Geography and Ecology – ranked first in China. And 17 disciplines rank
top10 in China.

BNU has cooperative agreements with 300 institutions from over 30
countries. There are over 50 student exchange partners in Asia, Europe
and North America. There are joint establishment of Confucius Institutes
with five universities and colleges: the University of Manchester of
UK,San Francisco State University in US, the University of Oklahomain
USA, University de Sherbrooke & Dawson College of Canada, Aalborg
University, Denmark, University of Macerata, (Italy) and the College of
William and Mary (US).

BNU has started to recruit international students since 1965; and it
has accumulated abundant experience in Chinese language program and
other major-related subjects for foreigners. Now, there are around 2000
students from 110 countries studying in BNU, 73% of which are for degree
study. BNU set up English-taught International Master degree programs
in 7 majors: social policy, comparative education, world economy,
environmental science, high education, law, geography, 1 English-taught
International Doctoral degree programs in 1 majors: comparative
education, English-taught credit-course programs for non-degree study
students. BNU sincerely wishes to communicate with international
students from all over the world, and looks forward to enhancing the
friendship with other countries through academic cooperation.